Author's Note: Sorry it took so long, my mom and I are changing and rearranging computers and she is too lazy to backup up her files............(3 hours later)...can you believe it? Sorry, this is so long but interesting?? I don't know R/R so I will know!! Anyway, here it is.

Disclaimer: Zelda is mine...all mine and if you believe that I have the original Mona Lisa I sell to ya...

Four days ago.

Four days ago, I woke really early to run home to get a Keaton's mask, that the Curiosity Shop guy gave to me. I wanted to get it before anyone woke up and saw me, at least with my mask no one will recognize me except the Curiosity Shop guy but he is only here during the night.

I couldn't help myself, of course my house is in East Clock Town and so is Anju's Inn. I snuck in (she gave me a key) and quietly walked up to her room and I saw her sleeping and I silently cried to myself. I somehow knew that I wasn't going to see her again but I refused to tell myself that. I told myself that I had to get her back no matter what. I hope she understands that I tried everything to get things back the way they were.

I exited out and ran out of Clock Town just as I heard the rooster crow. I ran to the log where I had spent the night. I laid out my plan:

7:30 a.m.: Go to the Trading Post to talk to the Curiosity Shop Guy and tell him what happened. Get key for the hideout in the Laundry Pool.

8:00 a.m.: Set up the place and eat the food I got from home.

8:30 a.m.: Get some sleep.

9:00 a.m.: Write Anju a letter. Do NOT mail it until the day after tomarrow.

9:30 a.m.: Go see the Great Fairy for advice.

10:00 a.m.: Go to the Bomb Shop and the Trading Post to get weapons.

10:30 a.m.: Go to the observatory to see the astronomer and ask him if he will let me look through his telescope to scout out the area and see if I can find the skull kid.

11:00 a.m.: Go on the quest of finding him.

11:30 a.m.: If found, kill on site.

Yes, I will take care of this today, I thought. But like every other time it didn't work out. I followed my schedule. First, I went to see the Curiosity Shop guy at the Trading Post. I explained everything to him.

All he could say was, "Wow..."

"I know it is hard to believe but it's true and you are the only one I can trust. Please help me? I need you to let me borrow the key for the hideout in the Laundry Pool?"

"Yea... sure man. What are you going to do now?"

"Well, after I get some sleep I am going to talk to the Great Fairy in North Clock Town. She is the wisest of the wise, she will know what to do. I not only have to do this for myself, I have to do this for Anju she doesn't need this she deserves much better."

"Are you going to tell her?"

"I am going to write her a letter today to let her know I am safe. She and I were supposed to announce our wedding today but I won't be there."

"Well, good luck, man."

I went to the hideout and straightened up the place. The last time anyone was in there was probably about six years ago when he and I first met.

*Flashback*

"Now, son I have heard bad things about this place called the Curiosity Shop and I think you should stay away."

"OK, dad, I promise."

That night I couldn't help myself, I went to the shop.

"Welcome," a man behind the counter said.

"Hey, what kind of store is this?" I asked him.

"Well...this is a special store in the sense that we only sell things that people sell to us. So each night we have a different special and tonight's special is this Keaton's mask."

Right away I knew what he was talking about. This store sells stolen goods, but the guy seemed really nice.

"My name is Kafei."

"It's nice to meet you; you seem nice here if you can keep a secret I will let you have this mask for free. It is a secret hideout I found a couple weeks ago in the Laundry Pool. It is really cool, I even have a key."

"Sure, where is it?"

"First you have to swear you will never tell the location to anyone. If you don't tell anyone, I will let you use it anytime you want."

"I swear."

We went to this place he called the Laundry Pool. He said that this is where the ladies of the town wash their clothes, thus the name. He went to the end of a long ledge, and unlocked this door. So, I followed him.

After we walked up the stairs, he turned to me and said, "This," he pointed to a mask hanging on the wall, "is where I installed a personal telescope so that even when I am not in my shop I can still see everyone that goes in or out. Here have a look."

True to his word you could see the whole store. We became good friends after that; we would go in there and just hang out.

Those were the good ol' days.

*Flashback ends*

I shook my head and sat down at the dusty table.

"Why?" I asked myself. "What did I do to deserve this?"

I cleaned up a little bit and pulled out some casserole and some of the Romani ranch milk that mom brings home with her.

After I finished I found some sheets and blankets that we left from a couple years ago in a dresser. I made the bed and laid down to catch some Z's.

I woke up with a start. I was sweating profusely. I had a dream that I was finally back with Anju and everything went black and slowly she was slipping through my fingers into darkness.

What a horrible dream, I thought. That just made me want to write her a letter even more. I pulled open a drawer in the desk and took out paper and a pen.

Before I knew it, it was already 9:30. So I tucked the letter inside the envelope and I kissed it. I pulled out my wedding mask. We promised that we would exchange masks on our wedding day, she had the Moon's mask and I had the Sun's mask. With the sun and the moon we could conquer anything.

I didn't want to leave it there so I decided to take it with me. I tucked it into a bag along with some snacks and set off for North Clock Town.

I slipped on my Keaton mask and locked the door. Out of the laundry pool, so far so good. But as I was walking past the entrance for West Clock Town I ran into a man.

"Well, hello little boy. Can I see your bag for a second? It's really pretty. I will give you four hundred rupees for it."

"No, thank you. I would just like to pass."

"No?" he looked really mad. "Hey!!! Look the moon is falling!!!!!!"

A really cold chill ran through my body and as I turned around to look, the man grabbed my bag and knocked me down.

"NNNNnnnnoooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

He started to run and I ran after him, I chased him all the way to the South Gate. He ran out and the guard stopped me. "Sorry but no kids are allowed out of Clock Town without a parent."

"Listen, you have to let me out something happened to me, I am Kafei." I took off the mask to show him my face.

"Yeah, right. My son has a mask like that one too. Listen, I know where you got it so don't try to pull that on me."

"What are you talking about? It's me, DAMN IT! That guy just stole my shit!!!!"

"Listen, Madame Aroma is handing out those masks to tourists to help find her missing son. And don't raise your voice to me I will have you sent straight to the mayor. He will banish you from this place for trying to claim that you, a pathetic little boy, are the 25 year-old Kafei. So. BEAT IT!!!!!"

I was furious, not only was I never going to be myself again I couldn't even face Anju because I had lost the only evidence that I was the real Kafei.

The only thing I cared about was getting my mask back before the carnival. I decided that I was going to try and find that thief and find out where he keeps his stolen goods and I was going to get it back, so help me. I would rather die than not get my mask back.

So for the rest of the day I was planning how I would get my mask back.



The end of Chapter 4.

Did you like it? I am sorry it was so long, and the wait was so long. Well R/R!!!!! Expect Chapter 5 in the near future and everyone your reviews are great!!!